Attachment for automobiles.



S. H. MARTIN.

ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1908.

-Patented Oct. 4, 1910.

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ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented 0015.4, 1910 Application filed June 12, 1908. Serial No.438,215.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, SIMON H. MARTIN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Webster Park, in the county ofSt. Louis City, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Attachments for Automobiles; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in receptacles which are adaptedto be attached to vehicles and more especially to that class of vehiclesknown as motor vehicles.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an attachment forautomobiles whereby auxiliary tires, tools and other articles may becarried in an inclosed case, thus obviating the danger of losing byaccident or theft the'above mentioned articles.

Another object is to utilize. a heretofore ul asted space for thecarrying of said arti- 0 es.

I-Ieretofore it has 'been the practice to carry auxiliary tires strappedto the body of the vehicle itself or to a metal rack, thus exposing thetires to the effects of the weather. I overcome this objectionablefeature by constructing a light, durable,.sheet metal casing,

substantially the same shape as the tires to be carried, said casingcomprising an outer and inner rim, the tires resting and being supportedupon the inner rim, the space Within the inner rim being shelved offthus forming separate compartments for sundry articles.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention attachedto a vehicle. Fig. 2 is a'similar View, showing the door of thereceptacle open. Fig. 3 is a. vertical section taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail View ofa modification of the inner rim of myreceptacle.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the differentviews.

' The receptacle comprises an outer casing or housing as indicated bythe numeral 5, said casing being formed in substantially cylindricalshape. Secured about the periphery of said casing 5 at spaced intervalsare the ears 6,'through which means for attaching the receptacle to thevehicle body are passed. A plate 7 which may be made integral with thecasing 5 orseparately secured thereto is adapted to form a rear or backinclosing member for the said casing.

Secured to the inner face of the plate 7 is the inner rim or casing 8,said casing being provided with a flange at its rear end whereby it maybe securely fastened to said plate 7. This inner casing or rim 8 isconcentric with the outer casing 5, thespace between the two rimsforming an annular tire-receiving chamber.

l/Vithin the space inclosed by the rim or casing 8, shelves 9 aresecured by any desirable means. In Fig. 4 I have shown a detailed viewof one means. of placing the shelves therein, namely, by forming the rimor casing with inwardly extending pairs of oppositely arranged folds 10or indentations upon which the shelves may rest.

Hinged to one side of the front face of the outer casing 5, is the dooror closing member 12, said door being provided with any preferred typeof fastening device for retaining it in closed position.

The auxiliary tires as above stated are placed within the chamber formedby the spaced arrangement of the two concentric rims or casings. Thespace inclosed by the inner casing or rim is divided up intocompartments of any desired shape or size by means of shelves 9. Theshelves 9 may be held in position by any desired means but, preferablybythe pairs of folds 10 shown in Fi m/l.

at is claimed is A tire receptacle arranged for attachment to a motorvehicle and comprising inner and outer concentrically arranged annuli,the inner annulus havin a diameter less than that of the outer annu us,whereby a tire receiving chamber is formed between said annuli, theinner annulus being formed of a single piece ofmeta-l folded upon itselfat successive points in its length so as to form a series of pairs ofinwardly-extending oppositely-arrangedprojections, and a series ofshelves having their ends resting respectively upon correspondingprojections on opposite sides of the vertical diameter of said innerannulus. 1

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES H. SCHOL'I'EN. R. E. LAWLOR.

